Hosts Dave and Len cover a wide-ranging episode of News and Trends: a heated exchange between Don Lemon and Nicki Minaj over a church protest; Cam Newton’s controversial take on modern wedding traditions; a Florida venue’s refusal to refund a grieving bride after her fiancé died; local snow memories and MLK Day reflections; plus community updates and listener commentary.
The hosts blend news reporting with personal opinions, debate business policies versus compassion, and invite listeners to share their thoughts on accountability, wedding spending, and community values.
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00:01:49 --> 00:01:52 What's going on, sir? Hey, Dave. Everything is good.
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00:02:02 --> 00:02:06 Another wonderful day in the neighborhood, man. Yeah. And the day one thing
00:02:06 --> 00:02:09 I can say, we were just joking about the old Sega.
00:02:09 --> 00:02:13 Yeah. You know, I'm not mad at him because sometimes I'd be trying to,
00:02:13 --> 00:02:16 you know, try and get my thoughts together and I'm I'm mess up some words,
00:02:16 --> 00:02:18 too. So, you know, I definitely.
00:02:18 --> 00:02:22 Instead of saying Alpha Phi Alpha, you say A.K.A.? Is that what you do?
00:02:22 --> 00:02:29 No, I mean, I don't say that, but, you know, so, and when I heard him stumble, I knew what it was.
00:02:30 --> 00:02:33 You know how sometimes you're talking and your brain is like trying to think
00:02:33 --> 00:02:37 about what you guys say, like, uh, 10 words. Yeah, like, like what just happened
00:02:37 --> 00:02:39 with me just now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
00:02:40 --> 00:02:45 Yep. So. Yeah. But, yeah, but they, you know, his brothers got on him bad too.
00:02:45 --> 00:02:48 You know, a lot of people hit him up about that, man.
00:02:48 --> 00:02:52 No, hold on, but were they serious or joking? Yeah, yeah. how you gonna mess
00:02:52 --> 00:03:00 up your own you know he put out there yeah I saw that I just thought it was weird because.
00:03:01 --> 00:03:07 And I mean, not not defending him in any of his way, but he talks for a living.
00:03:07 --> 00:03:10 You know, he's going to stumble over some words. He's going to say some,
00:03:10 --> 00:03:14 you know, he's got mispronounced some words, stumble, forget, you know.
00:03:15 --> 00:03:22 So, I mean, I mean, I'm not a member of Osega 5-5-5, but I'm just joking.
00:03:22 --> 00:03:24 Shout out to all the, you know, the cues come short.
00:03:24 --> 00:03:30 I'm sure there's some that follow us. But if I were, you know,
00:03:30 --> 00:03:33 part of that group, I would not take offense.
00:03:33 --> 00:03:37 I don't feel like there was any malice to. I think he was just talking.
00:03:37 --> 00:03:42 He was rushing. You know, you know, he was just his mind was moving faster than
00:03:42 --> 00:03:44 his mouth. Well, you know what's so funny?
00:03:44 --> 00:03:49 I never knew he was accused before this happened. Oh, you didn't? Did you?
00:03:50 --> 00:03:52 Yeah. Well, I mean, I never heard him talk about it.
00:03:53 --> 00:03:55 Yeah. I mean, I don't think I don't know if he talks about too much,
00:03:56 --> 00:03:59 but I've seen some pictures with him for the paraphernalia.
00:03:59 --> 00:04:01 And then, of course, you know, he comes to HBCU week.
00:04:02 --> 00:04:06 So I've seen some pictures where he like throws up the the Q sign.
00:04:07 --> 00:04:11 Okay. All right. I didn't, I didn't, you know, be honest with you. I never knew that.
00:04:11 --> 00:04:16 I mean, and you know, there's some celebrities, you know, you know,
00:04:16 --> 00:04:19 they're accused because they make sure, you know, they're accused like Shaq.
00:04:19 --> 00:04:24 Shaq always make sure, you know, Steve Harvey, you know, I mean,
00:04:24 --> 00:04:27 you know, they, when, you know, they, they make sure, you know,
00:04:28 --> 00:04:29 Ricky Smiley, all them guys, man.
00:04:30 --> 00:04:32 So, you know, but okay.
00:04:32 --> 00:04:37 All right. Well, that just tells you people are human, you know, so definitely.
00:04:38 --> 00:04:43 All right. Now, Dave, on everything else, he says, hell no.
00:04:45 --> 00:04:48 Yeah, I know. We just did a story last week talking about stuff he said.
00:04:48 --> 00:04:53 So, hey, you know, we got to make sure that, you know, we hold,
00:04:53 --> 00:04:54 we got to hold our own accountable.
00:04:55 --> 00:04:57 So, you know, definitely got to hold our own accountable.
00:04:58 --> 00:05:03 We managed to dodge snow so far, but they said more is coming.
00:05:04 --> 00:05:06 Hold on. Dave, who dodged it? You must not have gone outside.
00:05:07 --> 00:05:11 Ain't no snow outside, man. Don't even try, man. Ain't no snow outside. Hey, over the weekend?
00:05:13 --> 00:05:17 We got Saturday. Saturday, we got to, I was at work when that happened.
00:05:17 --> 00:05:21 But Sunday, it didn't last long. Now, I don't know, but I didn't see the snow.
00:05:21 --> 00:05:22 Monday, Monday morning.
00:05:23 --> 00:05:26 Sunday, it was flurries. Sunday was wet, wet snow.
00:05:27 --> 00:05:33 Saturday was more of a, you know, I mean, because that did, it did stay,
00:05:33 --> 00:05:36 you know, it did stick to the ground and so forth.
00:05:37 --> 00:05:41 Now, in Wilmington, apparently, they got a nice little bit of snow yesterday.
00:05:42 --> 00:05:48 But we didn't get it so but they said more is on the way you know i was just
00:05:48 --> 00:05:53 telling up when in the next few days they said it's not weird they said we're
00:05:53 --> 00:05:59 gonna get some more i was just telling the guy who's in one of the stores i
00:05:59 --> 00:06:01 go in i talk to him on a regular basis,
00:06:01 --> 00:06:06 and he was we were talking about snow and he said what's this most snow because
00:06:06 --> 00:06:10 he's not from here he's i think he's from pakistan or somewhere like that.
00:06:11 --> 00:06:13 He said, what's the most snow we ever got here in Delaware? I said,
00:06:13 --> 00:06:19 well, they, you know, we just talked about the anniversary, the 96 blizzard that we had here.
00:06:20 --> 00:06:24 And he said, 96? He said, he said, he said, oh, that's right.
00:06:24 --> 00:06:26 I said, you wasn't here during that time.
00:06:26 --> 00:06:29 I said, even if you were here, you would have been a kid probably because he's young.
00:06:30 --> 00:06:35 And I said, you ask anybody about the 96 blizzard that's over 40,
00:06:36 --> 00:06:41 50 years old, they'll tell you about it. and I said, we had 31 inches of snow.
00:06:41 --> 00:06:44 You should have seen that guy's face. He said, 31 inches?
00:06:44 --> 00:06:46 He said, I can't even imagine 31 inches.
00:06:47 --> 00:06:50 And I'm saying, yeah, it was a lot of snow. It was so much snow,
00:06:50 --> 00:06:53 they didn't know where to put the snow. That's crazy.
00:06:54 --> 00:06:57 Yeah, because you were, now where were you? Were you in school?
00:06:58 --> 00:07:02 So it depends on what time, was it December? It was January,
00:07:02 --> 00:07:06 I think it was January of 96, or was it December of 96?
00:07:07 --> 00:07:12 It was either December or January. No, no. It was, I think it was January.
00:07:12 --> 00:07:17 So, I mean, I might have been up in here to like the 4th, 5th, or 6th, maybe.
00:07:18 --> 00:07:22 Okay. So. Yeah. Yeah. It was, I'll never forget that, man.
00:07:23 --> 00:07:26 As long as I live on. But, you know, I feel like they had a real bad one when
00:07:26 --> 00:07:29 I was in high school at some point.
00:07:29 --> 00:07:31 Was there another one? It might not have been bad. There was one in 83.
00:07:32 --> 00:07:35 What about 94? Was there a big one in 94? There was a snow.
00:07:36 --> 00:07:41 We had snow in 94, but not anywhere close to what we had. We had 31 inches in 96.
00:07:42 --> 00:07:46 Okay. Prior to 96, the biggest snowstorm we had was, I think,
00:07:46 --> 00:07:49 around 83, which was like 21 inches.
00:07:50 --> 00:07:56 Okay. So we might have been around, I think prior to that, might have been maybe
00:07:56 --> 00:08:00 12 or 13 inches. Maybe that's what you're thinking about.
00:08:00 --> 00:08:05 Maybe, possibly. Yeah. I mean, it was a lot of snow, but not anything like that
00:08:05 --> 00:08:07 31 inches, man. I'll just never forget that.
00:08:07 --> 00:08:10 That was a lot of snow. and we had nowhere
00:08:10 --> 00:08:13 to put that snow because they were plowing the roads and they
00:08:13 --> 00:08:16 were blocking people in you know because they had nowhere to put the snow
00:08:16 --> 00:08:21 so i mean the question is who who's really trying to get out and about i mean
00:08:21 --> 00:08:25 you know and unless you know you know you know we're like it man you know we
00:08:25 --> 00:08:30 got to go to the store we got to get to the places you know we we got to prove
00:08:30 --> 00:08:33 that we can get out of our parking spaces you know those type of things see
00:08:33 --> 00:08:35 when you live in The city,
00:08:35 --> 00:08:40 and you know a little bit about living in a city, even though you're a suburb guy.
00:08:40 --> 00:08:46 You know, when you live in Wilmington, man, that's the pride thing about snow.
00:08:46 --> 00:08:48 You got to be able to get your car out.
00:08:49 --> 00:08:53 And you got to prove that you can get your car out. So, you know,
00:08:53 --> 00:08:55 and that you can drive in all kinds of weather.
00:08:56 --> 00:09:01 That was the thing. And people even to this day, well, I don't know people that
00:09:01 --> 00:09:04 dedicate you because most people won't go anywhere if it snows now.
00:09:04 --> 00:09:10 You imagine if we got 31 inches now, we'd be stuck in the house for two weeks. Yeah.
00:09:10 --> 00:09:13 Well, I mean, it's different now. We got internet. We got streaming movies.
00:09:14 --> 00:09:18 Yeah. You got a lot of people working from home. In fact, Dave,
00:09:18 --> 00:09:20 the kids don't play outside anyway.
00:09:21 --> 00:09:26 They don't, yeah. Right. I know. And look, when it snowed, when we had that
00:09:26 --> 00:09:28 little bit of snow, what was it, a month or so ago?
00:09:29 --> 00:09:33 Mm-hmm. Guy offered a kid $50 a shovel of snow. He said, nah, I'm good.
00:09:35 --> 00:09:41 Hold on who is this where he live at cause this was up in North Wilmington I
00:09:41 --> 00:09:44 may have to truck over there no this was in North Wilmington this was in show
00:09:44 --> 00:09:48 some snow yeah $50 man the kid said no I'm good yeah,
00:09:49 --> 00:09:53 Imagine if you imagine somebody offering you $50 when you were a kid. No.
00:09:56 --> 00:10:00 They must remember give me $50. I might have shoveled this and all went along.
00:10:00 --> 00:10:02 Yeah, there you go. There you go. Yeah.
00:10:03 --> 00:10:08 Yeah. Well, that's where we are. So, but all right, but let's get into our stories.
00:10:08 --> 00:10:11 Let me see. We got a couple of good stories for you today.
00:10:12 --> 00:10:17 First story that I'm going to talk about Don Lemon slams, Nicki Minaj for homophobic
00:10:17 --> 00:10:20 comments about his, reporting in Minneapolis.
00:10:21 --> 00:10:25 And, of course, this is about what happened with the ICE agents and so forth.
00:10:26 --> 00:10:32 It said Lemon received backlash from Minaj and Department of Justice after he
00:10:32 --> 00:10:39 posted a video reporting on an anti-ICE protest in a church on Sunday.
00:10:39 --> 00:10:43 So this is what happened. I know some people probably heard about this,
00:10:43 --> 00:10:48 but it said, Don Lemon has responded to Nicki Minaj's post,
00:10:48 --> 00:10:53 which called him a thug and a, you know what,
00:10:53 --> 00:11:03 sucking or being on the scene of an anti-ice demonstration that disrupted a
00:11:03 --> 00:11:05 church service in Minneapolis.
00:11:05 --> 00:11:12 In a video on social media, Lemon slammed Minaj saying her posts were homophobic
00:11:12 --> 00:11:18 and unhinged and coming from and coming for her immigrant status.
00:11:18 --> 00:11:22 Because, you know, she supposedly is an immigrant herself.
00:11:22 --> 00:11:28 You're out of your department, by the way, and you're a homophobic, homophobic bigot.
00:11:29 --> 00:11:33 He said, you don't care about African-Americans. You are not African-American.
00:11:33 --> 00:11:44 You're reportedly an undocumented citizen, so you should be deported under Donald Trump's rules.
00:11:45 --> 00:11:52 Minaj has shared previously that she came to the United States illegally from
00:11:52 --> 00:11:56 Trinidad and Tobago at age five.
00:11:58 --> 00:12:03 In a post from 2018 criticizing the Trump administration,
00:12:03 --> 00:12:10 she shared her concerns about families being separated at the U.S.-Mexican borders,
00:12:10 --> 00:12:15 saying at the time that she can't imagine the horror.
00:12:15 --> 00:12:20 In the video, Lemon pivoted from speaking about Minaj's citizenship to calling
00:12:20 --> 00:12:29 out her brother and husband's criminal records, both having been convicted for sexual offenses.
00:12:29 --> 00:12:35 You have the nerve to talk about me and what you think that I do,
00:12:35 --> 00:12:42 Lemon, who is gay, and has been married to a real estate agent, Tim Malone, since 2024.
00:12:44 --> 00:12:49 Nikki, get a life. Stop being a pick-me.
00:12:49 --> 00:12:57 You should have put a pick-me doll on that tweet instead of a Chucky doll,
00:12:57 --> 00:13:03 because you are nothing but a pick-me, and I choose not to pick you.
00:13:03 --> 00:13:09 And so should black people and gay people shouldn't buy your music.
00:13:10 --> 00:13:13 Chuck that, he said, you know, so.
00:13:14 --> 00:13:18 So apparently, you know, a lot of people were upset.
00:13:20 --> 00:13:28 Well, not necessarily our people, but a lot of people were upset about what Don Lemon did.
00:13:28 --> 00:13:32 Interrupting the service and so forth, because he said, well,
00:13:32 --> 00:13:37 they said the beef started yesterday after Lemon posted footage of an anti-ICE
00:13:37 --> 00:13:42 protest in Minneapolis that disrupted the church service on Sunday,
00:13:42 --> 00:13:45 along with his interviews and protesters.
00:13:45 --> 00:13:51 So, you know, I mean, Don Lemon has always been a great reporter I mean,
00:13:51 --> 00:13:54 regardless of what you might think about him He does,
00:13:54 --> 00:14:00 he's very sincere in what he does I do listen to Don Lemon when he is reporting
00:14:00 --> 00:14:06 I think he's very honest about things And for her to jump on him because of
00:14:06 --> 00:14:10 who she thinks he is Versus what he's reporting,
00:14:10 --> 00:14:13 I thought was wrong What's your feelings about it?
00:14:13 --> 00:14:17 So, you know, Dave, kind of like I said before, one, I think there's a chemical
00:14:17 --> 00:14:20 imbalance that Nicki Minaj is battling with.
00:14:20 --> 00:14:26 And, you know, just because she's known to argue and beef with so many people
00:14:26 --> 00:14:30 on such a regular basis, you know, that's just her her M.O. now.
00:14:31 --> 00:14:34 Now, back to Don Lemon. Dave, I agree. I like Don Lemon.
00:14:34 --> 00:14:39 And I feel like Don Lemon kind of makes the news interesting.
00:14:39 --> 00:14:44 You know, like, I mean, he finds a way to cover those stories we want to see
00:14:44 --> 00:14:47 and the stories that we may have skipped by.
00:14:47 --> 00:14:50 You know, he makes them interesting. We'll watch them.
00:14:50 --> 00:14:54 Now, I saw the prelude to this whole story.
00:14:54 --> 00:15:00 Church storming, protesting. And Don Lemon did not lead this protest.
00:15:00 --> 00:15:04 You know, at the very beginning where I saw a video and prior to the church,
00:15:04 --> 00:15:07 he was interviewing and there was a black lady.
00:15:07 --> 00:15:13 And I don't know the organization she was with, but she was talking about that
00:15:13 --> 00:15:14 they were going to go into the church.
00:15:15 --> 00:15:19 Don Lemon was really just accompanying them. So like when the people went in the church,
00:15:19 --> 00:15:23 she was the one with the microphone talking about, you know,
00:15:23 --> 00:15:26 the pastor works for ice and you know blah blah
00:15:26 --> 00:15:29 blah so you know it's funny that
00:15:29 --> 00:15:31 people are getting on him i mean really he's just
00:15:31 --> 00:15:36 a reporter yeah right yeah and that's what he is and that's what he's always
00:15:36 --> 00:15:43 done is reported you know it seems like anytime anybody talks against that that
00:15:43 --> 00:15:49 whole party and their practices and their beliefs it's always he's,
00:15:50 --> 00:15:55 We're the ones or they're the ones who who's wrong. You know,
00:15:55 --> 00:15:58 I mean, you know, the people who are speaking against that party.
00:15:58 --> 00:16:04 You know, I was kidding and saying prior to coming on, you know,
00:16:04 --> 00:16:06 the podcast earlier today that
00:16:06 --> 00:16:13 the president was doing, had done his his first year in office speech.
00:16:13 --> 00:16:16 And he was talking about all this great stuff that they've done.
00:16:16 --> 00:16:19 They just think that they just take credit
00:16:19 --> 00:16:22 for everything oh yeah you know
00:16:22 --> 00:16:25 and then they blame anything that's bad they said the
00:16:25 --> 00:16:28 democrats did it yeah specifically biden obama
00:16:28 --> 00:16:31 yeah yeah you know people that
00:16:31 --> 00:16:34 have that aren't in office wasn't in
00:16:34 --> 00:16:37 office when the stuff went down they're blaming
00:16:37 --> 00:16:40 they're blaming the blaming the democrats
00:16:40 --> 00:16:43 for the the government shutdown like they
00:16:43 --> 00:16:47 had nothing to do with it at all you know and
00:16:47 --> 00:16:50 you know when you got people that go in and report the
00:16:50 --> 00:16:53 way that Don Lemon does and he tells the truth about the
00:16:53 --> 00:16:57 stuff that's really going on you know of course
00:16:57 --> 00:16:59 there's going to be hate thrown at him and who else to
00:16:59 --> 00:17:03 use and she's not smart enough to realize hey
00:17:03 --> 00:17:06 some of the biggest controversies you've been in
00:17:06 --> 00:17:10 have been against your own people well people
00:17:10 --> 00:17:13 that look like you i'm gonna put it that way yeah you
00:17:13 --> 00:17:16 know and and and why is that why don't
00:17:16 --> 00:17:20 you seem to realize that you're being played and used
00:17:20 --> 00:17:25 as the pawn to do these things but unfortunately she doesn't know that leonard
00:17:25 --> 00:17:32 and you know they got her out here doing all their bidding right now and it's
00:17:32 --> 00:17:37 really a shame it really is yeah and you know and it's just like you know they
00:17:37 --> 00:17:39 had that big concert that was coming up.
00:17:40 --> 00:17:46 You know, that Nelly and Kid Rock is, you know, one of the organizers of it.
00:17:46 --> 00:17:50 They had Ludacris was supposed to perform. Did you see he pulled out?
00:17:50 --> 00:17:54 Yeah, I did see that. Yeah. Yeah. But, you know, she's performing.
00:17:55 --> 00:18:01 And, you know, Nelly's performing, you know, I'm surprised Uncle Snoop is not in there.
00:18:02 --> 00:18:05 He probably had a scheduling conflict or he would have been there.
00:18:05 --> 00:18:10 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, you know, I think he performed at that last one he did.
00:18:10 --> 00:18:15 So, you know, so, but we got some misguided souls.
00:18:15 --> 00:18:19 Hopefully, you know, justice will prevail. I mean, you know,
00:18:19 --> 00:18:23 after all, we're, you know, people like Don Lemon will always keep us informed
00:18:23 --> 00:18:27 him and he will always have our best interests at hand in most cases.
00:18:28 --> 00:18:32 You know, I haven't seen, yeah, you know, I mean, you know, I haven't seen any
00:18:32 --> 00:18:37 time that he hasn't, he's done anything to embarrass us. So let's put it that way. Yeah.
00:18:37 --> 00:18:40 And Dave, in his defense, Don Lemon likes to have a good time.
00:18:40 --> 00:18:43 We done seen him on the New Year's celebration. Yeah, we have.
00:18:43 --> 00:18:46 We have. We have. Yeah. And Dave, let me ask this.
00:18:47 --> 00:18:53 I don't know anyone personally who is mad at Don Lemon for, you know, getting his drink on.
00:18:53 --> 00:18:56 Yeah. Yeah. No, no. No, he likes to have a good time.
00:18:57 --> 00:19:02 I mean, he likes to party, you know, and he's, you know, he's human,
00:19:02 --> 00:19:07 you know, and he's, you know, it's just like when people see him on the street,
00:19:07 --> 00:19:09 he's very approachable.
00:19:09 --> 00:19:14 You know, he's very approachable. You know, he doesn't, you know,
00:19:15 --> 00:19:17 we know Nicky's not approachable. Oh, no.
00:19:18 --> 00:19:23 Yeah, you can't walk up to her. Dave, you probably won't ever find her on the street.
00:19:23 --> 00:19:29 Well, even when you do, though, and I've seen videos of people trying to get Nikki's attention.
00:19:29 --> 00:19:33 She always has about four or five big dudes around her all the time,
00:19:33 --> 00:19:34 and you ain't getting near her.
00:19:35 --> 00:19:38 You are not getting near her, and she won't acknowledge you when she's walking into places.
00:19:39 --> 00:19:45 So, you know, Don's not like that, but then, you know, hey, very few people are.
00:19:45 --> 00:19:48 Right now so but you know
00:19:48 --> 00:19:51 just keep that in mind folks you know
00:19:51 --> 00:19:56 check check it out you know those people that are still listening to nikki you
00:19:56 --> 00:19:59 know you might want to think you might want to think about you know where it's
00:19:59 --> 00:20:07 coming from as far as the music you know so anyway moving on to the next story
00:20:07 --> 00:20:11 this story says the bible ain't mentioned.
00:20:12 --> 00:20:19 Ain't mentioned no honeymoon. Cam Newton questions wedding traditions and getting dragged.
00:20:20 --> 00:20:24 Now, before I get into this, this is not the first time I heard this,
00:20:24 --> 00:20:30 by the way, that the Bible doesn't talk about certain things when it comes to the wedding tradition.
00:20:30 --> 00:20:34 And, you know, so he's bringing it up again. Of course, Cam Newton,
00:20:34 --> 00:20:40 you know, Cam Newton is great for gaslighting. And, you know, he always gets stuff.
00:20:40 --> 00:20:45 He has a lot to say, and he always has a lot of people who have a lot to say
00:20:45 --> 00:20:46 to what he has to say, you know.
00:20:47 --> 00:20:54 So I'm going to read some of this, and you guys tell me, I mean,
00:20:54 --> 00:20:55 you tell me what you think about it.
00:20:56 --> 00:20:59 It says, Cam Newton recently sat down with Bishop T.D.
00:20:59 --> 00:21:06 Jakes for an episode on Next Chapter, the podcast. And let's just say he had
00:21:06 --> 00:21:11 thoughts released around January 5th.
00:21:11 --> 00:21:16 The interview touched on marriage, faith, fatherhood, and relationships.
00:21:17 --> 00:21:23 And in true cam fashion, a former NFL quarterback didn't hesitate or hold that.
00:21:25 --> 00:21:30 He says, you know, the Bible ain't never, ever mentioned no honeymoon.
00:21:31 --> 00:21:34 The Bible ain't never mentioned the ring.
00:21:35 --> 00:21:41 The Bible ain't never mentioned spending millions and thousands of dollars on
00:21:41 --> 00:21:42 a marriage celebration.
00:21:43 --> 00:21:48 Now, before I even get into the rest of the story, what's your thoughts on just that part right there?
00:21:49 --> 00:21:55 So, I mean, I agree. But, you know, it almost feels like however you want to
00:21:55 --> 00:21:57 interpret things, people can interpret
00:21:57 --> 00:22:03 them. you know, so normally in the Bible yeah, it may not mention.
00:22:04 --> 00:22:08 Rings and thousands and thousands of dollars
00:22:08 --> 00:22:11 but there is a there they talk about celebrations of
00:22:11 --> 00:22:14 the wedding there they did have a wedding ceremony and
00:22:14 --> 00:22:23 so forth but you know it all depends on what his whole thought intention is
00:22:23 --> 00:22:28 as to why he said this is this about him not wanting to do certain things or
00:22:28 --> 00:22:33 you know about marriage his feelings about marriage or whatever the case may
00:22:33 --> 00:22:34 be, but I'm going to continue.
00:22:34 --> 00:22:42 It says, according to Newton, Wedding Today are more about Instagram aesthetics
00:22:42 --> 00:22:45 and Brazilla budgets than biblical commitments.
00:22:46 --> 00:22:52 The Bible didn't say a lot of these things, but if you're going off of the Bible's
00:22:52 --> 00:22:56 accord, there's a lot of worldly things that have crept into it.
00:22:56 --> 00:23:05 He said that he was inspired by the Pentecostal couple who, he said,
00:23:05 --> 00:23:10 growing up, who centered their marriage on faith instead of flesh.
00:23:10 --> 00:23:16 He said he's not anti-marriage, he's just anti-fake conviction.
00:23:17 --> 00:23:22 To be fair, Newton clarified that he's not against marriage itself,
00:23:22 --> 00:23:25 just the pressure to jump in for the wrong reasons.
00:23:25 --> 00:23:33 He questions whether people really understand the weight of for better or for
00:23:33 --> 00:23:40 worse, especially in a world where fame, ego, and trust issues get in the way.
00:23:41 --> 00:23:47 Basically, if you're not ready for the storm, maybe don't book the yacht, he says.
00:23:50 --> 00:23:53 So the internet has something to say, you know, basically.
00:23:53 --> 00:24:00 It said, while Newt was busy quoting scripted, the internet was busy quoting receipts.
00:24:01 --> 00:24:03 Now, you know, you know this was coming, right?
00:24:04 --> 00:24:11 Critics were quick to point out, Cam, you got nine children with multiple women
00:24:11 --> 00:24:13 and have never been married.
00:24:13 --> 00:24:17 That includes two kids with his current girlfriend, comedian Jasmine Brown.
00:24:17 --> 00:24:27 Social media wasted no time calling it so rings are whirly but baby showers aren't one user quipped.
00:24:29 --> 00:24:33 And they said, not everyone came for his neck, though.
00:24:33 --> 00:24:39 A few defenders said Newton wasn't wrong about wedding being over-commercialized.
00:24:39 --> 00:24:44 Biblical marriages in ancient times were often simple agreements.
00:24:44 --> 00:24:55 No $10 floral arches, no $5 cake, just a convenient covenant, and maybe a goat.
00:24:56 --> 00:25:03 So So It's funny when you look at the Marriage thing now I mean you know you
00:25:03 --> 00:25:09 got shows that center around Marriages Say Yes to the Dress Have you ever watched Say Yes to the Dress?
00:25:09 --> 00:25:19 Yeah One thing I like about the show And you know Is the fact That you watch
00:25:19 --> 00:25:24 the people come in And you know Now some people are pretty smart.
00:25:25 --> 00:25:32 You come in, now, of course, you know, the most important item that most women
00:25:32 --> 00:25:39 will tell you that they will ever purchase in their life is probably a wedding dress. Okay?
00:25:40 --> 00:25:45 And that might be the biggest and most expensive item. But you also have to be smart about it.
00:25:46 --> 00:25:49 Now, with the say yes to the dress show, I used to always think,
00:25:49 --> 00:25:52 because one of the questions they always asked in the beginning.
00:25:52 --> 00:25:57 Hold on, hold on, hold on. So, Dave, were you a regular say yes to the dress watcher?
00:25:57 --> 00:26:02 I watched it enough because the people I was dealing with used to watch it.
00:26:02 --> 00:26:03 Okay. So is that like daily?
00:26:04 --> 00:26:07 Like at one point, were you watching say yes to the dress daily?
00:26:07 --> 00:26:11 I sold it enough. Let's put it, I sold it enough letter. I ain't going to lie. Okay.
00:26:12 --> 00:26:17 But one of the first questions that they would ask would always be, what's your budget?
00:26:18 --> 00:26:23 And I always used to always say to myself, okay, what's this person's budget?
00:26:23 --> 00:26:25 I always want to hear what they're going to say.
00:26:26 --> 00:26:31 Now, I love the women that came in under $5 because they were thinking.
00:26:32 --> 00:26:35 And a couple of them would come in there and say, I got $2 to spend.
00:26:35 --> 00:26:38 You know, you would see the faces of the people there. They'd be like,
00:26:39 --> 00:26:41 $2? What can I do for $2?
00:26:41 --> 00:26:43 Now, $2 is still a lot of money.
00:26:44 --> 00:26:48 Yeah. That's a lot of money for a dress that you're going to wear how many times, Leonard?
00:26:50 --> 00:26:53 Once you know what i'm talking about you've been
00:26:53 --> 00:26:56 you know what i'm talking about yeah i mean it'll probably be
00:26:56 --> 00:26:59 once and then you hand it down and whoever you hand it to
00:26:59 --> 00:27:01 they don't want it either they don't want it because they because they
00:27:01 --> 00:27:04 want something newer they want something fancier and of
00:27:04 --> 00:27:07 course you know these dresses they make now oh that's
00:27:07 --> 00:27:11 a whole different story now you know so so you
00:27:11 --> 00:27:14 know back in the day tradition was you wore your
00:27:14 --> 00:27:19 you know your mother wore a dress you might be the next person to wear it the
00:27:19 --> 00:27:23 child might be after that you know just to get the money out work out of the
00:27:23 --> 00:27:29 dress but these dress these women that were coming in and spending over 10 20
00:27:29 --> 00:27:31 dollars for a dress I'd be like,
00:27:33 --> 00:27:37 What's the purpose of spending $20 for a dress that you're going to put
00:27:37 --> 00:27:40 on for one day and you're never going to wear again?
00:27:40 --> 00:27:44 Now, I can understand if it's one of those convertible-type dresses where you
00:27:44 --> 00:27:47 can use it for multiple purposes.
00:27:48 --> 00:27:53 But most of traditional wedding gown, it's one day. Okay?
00:27:54 --> 00:27:58 So that part, I don't have a problem with him talking about it.
00:27:58 --> 00:28:01 And Dave, on top of that, most of them are custom.
00:28:02 --> 00:28:09 They're custom. Yeah, and they're designer, you know, and which means that they're
00:28:09 --> 00:28:12 altered to fit that person.
00:28:15 --> 00:28:19 And I agree with that part. I just never understood that part.
00:28:19 --> 00:28:23 Okay, they spend all that kind of money. Now, as far as the ceremony itself,
00:28:24 --> 00:28:31 once you get over $20, well, no, I'm going to even go less than that.
00:28:31 --> 00:28:35 Once you get over $10 for a wedding, I'm thinking to myself,
00:28:35 --> 00:28:39 is the wedding for you or is it for everybody else?
00:28:40 --> 00:28:41 Because who is it for, really?
00:28:42 --> 00:28:46 You tell me. Yeah, I mean. Who's it for?
00:28:47 --> 00:28:50 I mean, it's for them. Yeah.
00:28:51 --> 00:28:53 It's for them? Yeah, the ladies.
00:28:56 --> 00:29:02 Because you know how we are. We were like, hey, I mean. Hold on, how much is this?
00:29:03 --> 00:29:07 Hold on, you want to pay how much for Day of Flowers? Yeah, look,
00:29:08 --> 00:29:11 I went to Justice of Peace. You're talking to the wrong person.
00:29:11 --> 00:29:17 You know, so, you know, the flowers, yeah, the flowers alone,
00:29:17 --> 00:29:23 but it could cost you easily a few thousand dollars easily. So, but yeah.
00:29:23 --> 00:29:29 So I guess I can't fault Cam for saying that part of it, but knowing Cam the
00:29:29 --> 00:29:33 way he said it is what got everybody upset. Mm-hmm.
00:29:34 --> 00:29:39 You know, I think it's one of the things where it's the message, not the messenger.
00:29:39 --> 00:29:43 Yeah, yeah. So, of course, it's kind of like, you know, Cam Newton says something,
00:29:43 --> 00:29:45 of course, you got to look at, okay, well, hold on, how many kids he got?
00:29:46 --> 00:29:48 You know, there's some men. I know.
00:29:48 --> 00:29:55 He's definitely not the person that you want to hear this kind of stuff coming
00:29:55 --> 00:29:59 out of, you know, because his credibility is shot,
00:30:00 --> 00:30:03 you know, especially knowing his background and everything, you know.
00:30:04 --> 00:30:11 But now we have a lot of women listeners. And I am very curious to hear what
00:30:11 --> 00:30:15 you guys have to say about the ceremony. Weddings.
00:30:16 --> 00:30:20 Is there a price that is too much?
00:30:21 --> 00:30:24 Or is there a price that is just right?
00:30:25 --> 00:30:30 Or do you feel that there should be no budget on a wedding day?
00:30:31 --> 00:30:35 Because some people feel that way. Who? Bezos?
00:30:35 --> 00:30:39 The brides. The brides. Oh, we want to talk about the Bezos.
00:30:39 --> 00:30:47 Because we already know. Because I think I heard her gown was some ridiculous price. I'm sure.
00:30:47 --> 00:30:49 But when you got money like that.
00:30:51 --> 00:30:54 You know, on top of that, if you're paying a million dollars for a dress,
00:30:54 --> 00:30:56 I can see that having some resale value.
00:30:57 --> 00:31:02 Oh, look, you're going to make your money back if you just put it out there on eBay.
00:31:02 --> 00:31:08 I mean, put it out there on, not eBay, but put it out there as an auction.
00:31:08 --> 00:31:11 Yeah. You're going to get your money back. Or take it to a consignment store or something.
00:31:12 --> 00:31:16 No, no, an auction. Because if you say this is the dress that the new Mrs.
00:31:16 --> 00:31:21 Bezos wore at her wedding, you know how much money you would get for that? How much, Dave?
00:31:21 --> 00:31:24 Because since you'd be watching when I say yes to the dress,
00:31:24 --> 00:31:25 how much do you think she'd get for it?
00:31:25 --> 00:31:28 Okay, here we go. Okay, that's something I shouldn't have told you.
00:31:29 --> 00:31:30 I know. I've seen that already.
00:31:31 --> 00:31:34 Okay, but you watched it too. Now I know what to get you for your birthday.
00:31:35 --> 00:31:39 You got to be like some say yes to the dress. You have watched it too,
00:31:39 --> 00:31:42 so you know exactly what I'm talking about. I've watched it in past.
00:31:43 --> 00:31:45 I've watched it where I've seen Delaware people on that show.
00:31:46 --> 00:31:48 Yeah, people from Delaware. Yep.
00:31:48 --> 00:31:57 Yep. so okay alright well Cam as once again you've done you've done your best
00:31:57 --> 00:32:01 to stick your foot in your mouth let's see what happens right there,
00:32:01 --> 00:32:07 but anyway I'd be interested in hearing what you guys have to say about it you
00:32:07 --> 00:32:12 know cause I'm sure you do have some things to say alright we're gonna move
00:32:12 --> 00:32:16 on to our next story oh give me one moment.
00:32:17 --> 00:32:22 Okay, so speaking of weddings, I thought this was kind of messed up.
00:32:23 --> 00:32:26 And since we've been talking about the whole wedding experience,
00:32:26 --> 00:32:28 I thought I'd bring this story up too.
00:32:28 --> 00:32:38 It's called Farrah Fowl, Florida wedding venue, refuses to refund to a woman after her fiancé dies.
00:32:38 --> 00:32:41 Okay Ty Henson's fiance
00:32:41 --> 00:32:44 William Coney Died unexpectedly from
00:32:44 --> 00:32:48 a heart attack At age 42 last November
00:32:48 --> 00:32:54 The pair were set to get married In May of this year What was supposed to be
00:32:54 --> 00:33:01 One of the happiest days Of Ty Henson's life Marrying her fiance William Coney
00:33:01 --> 00:33:05 Turned tragic last November When Coney unexpectedly,
00:33:06 --> 00:33:09 Died of a heart attack at age 42.
00:33:10 --> 00:33:18 Now, Henson says the wedding venue the two were set to tie the night at is enforcing
00:33:18 --> 00:33:26 a non-refundable policy that refuses to return the thousands of dollars Henson
00:33:26 --> 00:33:29 and Coney gave them for their wedding day.
00:33:30 --> 00:33:33 Hanson and Coney were set to get married in May of this year.
00:33:34 --> 00:33:40 The pair had met more than 20 years ago and had long decided to get married
00:33:40 --> 00:33:48 in Central Florida, signing a contract with the venue and paying a sizable administrative fee.
00:33:48 --> 00:33:54 I called the venue two days after he passed away, she said, to make them aware.
00:33:55 --> 00:34:03 This wasn't like a cancellation. this person this was a person dying the venue
00:34:03 --> 00:34:08 ironically the name the crystal ballroom.
00:34:10 --> 00:34:13 Of Lake Mary is an
00:34:13 --> 00:34:20 all-inclusive event space due to established company policy the venue opted
00:34:20 --> 00:34:27 not to void the contract they had entered into with Henson and instead kept
00:34:27 --> 00:34:31 the $7 she had previously paid.
00:34:31 --> 00:34:40 According to Henson, an unidentified venue employee offered to host an alternative event for her.
00:34:41 --> 00:34:47 Her suggestion was, get this, maybe we can do a memorial here on your wedding day.
00:34:49 --> 00:34:56 Wow. Yeah. Okay. That's why you can't let employees speak for the company sometime,
00:34:56 --> 00:35:00 because they're going to say some crazy stuff. Yeah, yeah.
00:35:00 --> 00:35:02 That's lawyer stuff right there. You know that, right?
00:35:03 --> 00:35:06 Yeah. So it says that
00:35:06 --> 00:35:14 Crystal Ballroom owner Lukasz Wigowski told News Channel 6 that he informed
00:35:14 --> 00:35:21 anyone who books with the venue of its refund policy and encourages them to
00:35:21 --> 00:35:25 purchase cancellation insurance from third-party providers.
00:35:26 --> 00:35:32 Wow. He did not express sympathy for Henson's unimaginable loss.
00:35:32 --> 00:35:36 Offering compassion and offering refunds are not the same thing.
00:35:37 --> 00:35:41 And both must exist within a framework that is fair.
00:35:42 --> 00:35:47 Transparent and consistent for all clients, Rogowski said. So this guy ain't
00:35:47 --> 00:35:49 no joke. This guy ain't playing.
00:35:49 --> 00:35:51 He said, I don't care.
00:35:52 --> 00:35:58 Our policy, you know, our rules are our rules. Said Henson paid the venue $2
00:35:58 --> 00:36:01 when she first booked it in August of 2025.
00:36:02 --> 00:36:09 And later paid an additional $5. The last payment she made was two days
00:36:09 --> 00:36:12 before Coney's death. Wow.
00:36:12 --> 00:36:14 Two days before his death.
00:36:15 --> 00:36:21 Henson secured cancellation and refunds from all of the other vendors she worked
00:36:21 --> 00:36:23 with to help plan the ceremony.
00:36:24 --> 00:36:28 And reception, despite those companies, also had non-refund policies.
00:36:29 --> 00:36:38 Now, I personally had a dealing like this back when I was in retail,
00:36:38 --> 00:36:42 where this young lady, who happened to be actually a neighbor of mine.
00:36:43 --> 00:36:47 Came in and bought a bunch of clothes for her fiancé.
00:36:49 --> 00:36:53 She spent about, back then, maybe $1 on this stuff.
00:36:55 --> 00:37:03 He, maybe a month later, had an accident where he was killed instantly along
00:37:03 --> 00:37:04 with three other people.
00:37:05 --> 00:37:10 He never got a chance to wear any other clothes. She still had the tags on them and everything.
00:37:11 --> 00:37:17 And, you know, we had a no refund policy after a certain amount of time at the
00:37:17 --> 00:37:20 time. But I knew the young lady.
00:37:20 --> 00:37:24 I remember going to my boss. I said, hey, look, the tags are still on my clothes.
00:37:25 --> 00:37:32 I know her. I knew the gentleman as well. And I said, he never got a chance to wear them.
00:37:32 --> 00:37:37 You know, can we give her a refund? And we did. We ended up doing it because
00:37:37 --> 00:37:39 of the circumstances around the death.
00:37:39 --> 00:37:44 And it was a big story because it was on the news and everything, you know.
00:37:46 --> 00:37:54 Do you really want to risk having people not booking your location and losing
00:37:54 --> 00:37:57 money because of something that you don't want to do?
00:37:57 --> 00:38:04 I mean, you would think that if everybody else gave her the money back,
00:38:04 --> 00:38:07 why wouldn't you? What are you thinking?
00:38:07 --> 00:38:11 So, Dave, I'm going to go against you. Oh, you wouldn't do it either?
00:38:12 --> 00:38:16 I want to see what the contract says. If the contract says no refunds,
00:38:17 --> 00:38:20 then more than likely we would not be giving her a refund.
00:38:21 --> 00:38:25 Because, you know, at the same time, and I mean, I understand.
00:38:25 --> 00:38:29 And, you know, you're such a good Samaritan with the clothing.
00:38:29 --> 00:38:33 But, you know, that clothing can be easily resold. You know,
00:38:33 --> 00:38:37 it may not lose any value, you know, what, two, three day period.
00:38:38 --> 00:38:42 But I'm just thinking about some of these venues where, I mean,
00:38:42 --> 00:38:44 not this ladies in particular.
00:38:44 --> 00:38:49 But some of these venues where you have to book a year or two years in advance,
00:38:49 --> 00:38:54 you know, for a wedding and then to want your money back.
00:38:55 --> 00:39:01 Somewhere in between where they may not be able to resell that weekend, you know?
00:39:01 --> 00:39:09 So, I mean, I understand. And I know if it was, well, I won't speak about my better half,
00:39:09 --> 00:39:17 but I know if it's me, I'm probably going to look at that contract and I'm probably
00:39:17 --> 00:39:21 more than likely going to stick with what's on the contract.
00:39:21 --> 00:39:26 If the contract says no refunds, you know, now maybe for somebody I know personally,
00:39:26 --> 00:39:30 and you know how you mentioned the other vendors, I don't know what type of
00:39:30 --> 00:39:32 relationship he actually had with those vendors.
00:39:32 --> 00:39:35 Cause if we're somewhere like Delaware, you know, everyone know each other, you know?
00:39:35 --> 00:39:40 So, I mean, they can give a refund, but if it's, you know, if the contract says
00:39:40 --> 00:39:43 no refunds, unless something like,
00:39:43 --> 00:39:51 you know, really pulls at me, I would probably to stick with the company policy.
00:39:53 --> 00:39:58 Okay. Now, just in case everyone's clear. Oh my goodness, here you go.
00:39:58 --> 00:40:02 My name is David Cooker. They heard you. Not Leonard Young, okay?
00:40:02 --> 00:40:05 I'm just letting y'all know. So that was not me talking.
00:40:06 --> 00:40:09 I'm just letting you know, because I think people that know me know what I would
00:40:09 --> 00:40:10 be doing in this situation.
00:40:11 --> 00:40:16 Now, I can understand Leonard. Okay, I'll go here with you, with what you just said.
00:40:17 --> 00:40:20 I can understand that this happened the week of the wedding.
00:40:20 --> 00:40:27 So this happened way, this was like November, what did I say, November?
00:40:28 --> 00:40:30 This happened in November, the wedding started to May.
00:40:31 --> 00:40:36 We're not even up to when it was, you know, we're not even close to that date yet.
00:40:37 --> 00:40:40 Now the guy was up there saying. How far does that venue book out though?
00:40:41 --> 00:40:45 Well, yeah, I get that. I'm sure they book out, especially with weddings.
00:40:45 --> 00:40:50 We know how that goes because you got to book the weddings way in advance. Okay. I get that.
00:40:50 --> 00:40:53 You know, I've done weddings, bro. I know exactly where you're going.
00:40:53 --> 00:40:54 I know. Say yes to the dress. We get a day.
00:40:58 --> 00:41:04 But even still, I'm just saying it was enough time because the guy was up there
00:41:04 --> 00:41:08 talking about, he also talks about, you know, with wedding venues,
00:41:08 --> 00:41:09 you know, you have to book the staff.
00:41:09 --> 00:41:13 You got to get the staff on point. You got to make sure you have all the people in place.
00:41:13 --> 00:41:16 You got this. You got to have that, you know, and all that, you know,
00:41:17 --> 00:41:19 courses figured into the budget for that day.
00:41:20 --> 00:41:24 And that's another reason that he wasn't given the refund because he had already
00:41:24 --> 00:41:26 put all of that stuff in place.
00:41:26 --> 00:41:29 Now, he hasn't paid anybody, but he had put it in place.
00:41:32 --> 00:41:38 A week before, two weeks before, a month before, I get it. You know, something happens.
00:41:38 --> 00:41:42 You know, you have, you know, you already have staff in place.
00:41:42 --> 00:41:45 You know, things have been done.
00:41:45 --> 00:41:52 You know, I get it. But everybody else that he was dealing with gave her money back.
00:41:53 --> 00:41:57 Now, of course, this is probably the biggest, maybe outside of the dress.
00:41:57 --> 00:41:58 She even got the money back for the dress. Yes.
00:42:00 --> 00:42:08 So now GoFundMe page had been set up for them, for Henson, by her wedding planner.
00:42:09 --> 00:42:18 They raised over $4 of the publication and had set a goal of $5.
00:42:20 --> 00:42:26 We understand contracts and policy exist. We believe compassion and care should
00:42:26 --> 00:42:30 always lead the way, especially after such a tragic loss.
00:42:32 --> 00:42:39 Now, ironically, the owner, I mean, the guy who runs the crystal ballroom,
00:42:39 --> 00:42:42 Rogowski, he donated to the GoFundMe.
00:42:42 --> 00:42:48 His donation was $525, which was the top donation at the time.
00:42:49 --> 00:42:51 Yeah, we know you wouldn't have done that, right?
00:42:52 --> 00:42:55 Dave, I'm just waiting to give my two other points of view. Okay,
00:42:56 --> 00:42:59 go ahead. Okay, so I want to give you two points of view.
00:42:59 --> 00:43:06 Dave, let's say you and your significant other, y'all are buying a house. Yes. Right?
00:43:07 --> 00:43:10 Y'all go to settlement, y'all sign the paperwork.
00:43:12 --> 00:43:16 On the way home, I'm sorry, I'm not going to say y'all. Let's say there's a
00:43:16 --> 00:43:19 couple. You know, they buy a house together.
00:43:20 --> 00:43:24 On the way home, they get in a car accident.
00:43:25 --> 00:43:31 One of them dies. Can she go back to the lawyer and the settlement people saying
00:43:31 --> 00:43:37 that she doesn't want the house anymore to give her her money back? Can she?
00:43:37 --> 00:43:40 Maybe. No. No, she can't.
00:43:41 --> 00:43:43 I don't know. It all depends on the situation.
00:43:44 --> 00:43:49 We don't know the situation around the houses By the purchase of the house,
00:43:50 --> 00:43:56 So you're about to make me hit ChatGPT as we speak. Oh, here we go. ChatGPT. Okay.
00:43:57 --> 00:44:00 Of course, it knows everything about real life.
00:44:01 --> 00:44:02 Darn near the internet.
00:44:05 --> 00:44:10 Okay. But I'm just saying, depending on the circumstances, there's a possibility
00:44:10 --> 00:44:12 they could get out of that.
00:44:12 --> 00:44:16 Okay. Well, for a house, once you buy a house, it's final.
00:44:16 --> 00:44:20 And there are some some exceptions and
00:44:20 --> 00:44:23 the exceptions are only if you know someone tried
00:44:23 --> 00:44:26 to cheat you or misrepresent themselves
00:44:26 --> 00:44:33 other than if that person that bought the house was single and died prior to
00:44:33 --> 00:44:40 ever moving into the house who they're going to get to pay for it yeah it's
00:44:40 --> 00:44:43 just going to foreclosure there you go but but the house ain't gonna go but
00:44:43 --> 00:44:44 they ain't gonna get that money back.
00:44:45 --> 00:44:47 So, so that won't matter to them at that point.
00:44:48 --> 00:44:51 Yeah. But it's going to matter to somebody because somebody's going to have to handle their estate.
00:44:51 --> 00:44:59 But so my, my point number two is Dave, let's say you are this venue owner, right?
00:44:59 --> 00:45:03 And these people make a $7 deposit to you.
00:45:04 --> 00:45:08 Right. And, and, and they don't know, but you know, they probably think cause
00:45:08 --> 00:45:10 you're the venue owner, you got money.
00:45:11 --> 00:45:17 So they come back to you and say, Dave, that $7, you know, can we get it back?
00:45:18 --> 00:45:21 Not knowing you, because, you know, you're a struggling business owner,
00:45:22 --> 00:45:27 use that $7 to buy a car because you were walking to work because you didn't even have a car.
00:45:29 --> 00:45:34 Are you going to sell your car so they can get their $7 back?
00:45:36 --> 00:45:43 Nope. So long story short, I understand, and Dave, you're right, the compassion point.
00:45:43 --> 00:45:47 I mean, that's horrific, especially two days prior. Two days?
00:45:47 --> 00:45:50 Yeah. Well, not prior to the wedding. Yeah, yeah.
00:45:50 --> 00:45:55 I mean, prior to that last deposit. But I mean, Dave, we in real situations
00:45:55 --> 00:45:59 where, Dave, if someone gives me $100 today and says, oh, they meant to give
00:45:59 --> 00:46:03 me two, I may not be able to give them that $98 back.
00:46:05 --> 00:46:08 Well we we know that the circumstance
00:46:08 --> 00:46:12 was unfortunate and and obviously mr wogowski
00:46:12 --> 00:46:15 i don't know if he did it out of compassion or
00:46:15 --> 00:46:21 whether he felt impelled to do it because i'm not impelled impaired to do it
00:46:21 --> 00:46:25 because all the backlash that he probably was getting because i'm sure with
00:46:25 --> 00:46:32 the news being involved and of course i'm sure social media that he probably
00:46:32 --> 00:46:35 He felt that he had to donate to the GoFundMe.
00:46:35 --> 00:46:42 But he didn't, you know, he, you know, I just think that there's sort of,
00:46:42 --> 00:46:44 there's got to be some remorse.
00:46:45 --> 00:46:48 And there's got to be some understanding when it comes to that.
00:46:49 --> 00:46:55 I know if it happened to me and my wife died, my wife-to-be died two days prior
00:46:55 --> 00:46:59 to, two days after I gave that deposit.
00:47:00 --> 00:47:05 And then seven months before the wedding, and they're telling me I can't get
00:47:05 --> 00:47:09 my money back, it's going to be a problem. But why?
00:47:11 --> 00:47:15 Because it's a problem for you because of compassion, not because of legality.
00:47:15 --> 00:47:18 No, it's a problem for me because I'm out of 76. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:47:19 --> 00:47:23 That's why I'm going to try to get my money back. Well, I mean,
00:47:23 --> 00:47:25 you don't got to worry about the wedding no more. So, I mean.
00:47:26 --> 00:47:32 Wow. Okay, okay. Okay, see, once again, folks, that's Leonard Young.
00:47:32 --> 00:47:35 Oh, my goodness, here you go. Not David Coker talking, okay? All right?
00:47:36 --> 00:47:41 Just in case you guys might get our voices mixed up every now and then, that's not David Coker.
00:47:42 --> 00:47:45 That's Leonard Young. All right, so, Dave, for the final question,
00:47:45 --> 00:47:49 if this did happen and you were the business owner, they paid $7,
00:47:49 --> 00:47:52 would you give them the whole $7 back? No.
00:47:52 --> 00:47:57 And if I, okay, let's look at it from a business perspective. this.
00:47:57 --> 00:48:02 If I was the business owner and I, you know, and policy was policy,
00:48:02 --> 00:48:07 okay, I wouldn't give them the whole let's say I may not give them the whole thing back.
00:48:07 --> 00:48:10 How much would you give them back? I might give them a half back.
00:48:10 --> 00:48:14 Might or you would? More than likely. I'd give them a half.
00:48:14 --> 00:48:20 Yeah, more than likely. If I was going to give anything back, I would give half.
00:48:20 --> 00:48:23 And if they were in agreement with that, which they probably would be,
00:48:25 --> 00:48:28 versus nothing, I'm sure they take care.
00:48:29 --> 00:48:33 So, you guys that are listening, let us know what your thoughts are.
00:48:33 --> 00:48:40 I mean, you know, I know it's a business transaction and you got to do what
00:48:40 --> 00:48:41 you have to do when it comes to your business.
00:48:42 --> 00:48:48 But sometimes it's not always about business. Sometimes it's about the people
00:48:48 --> 00:48:54 who's involved, the story around it, and life itself.
00:48:54 --> 00:49:04 So alright moving on to our last thing which is Leonard Straber part of the show Dave's Corner,
00:49:05 --> 00:49:09 we just had Martin Luther King's day yesterday,
00:49:10 --> 00:49:17 MLK birthday and celebration yesterday a lot of events going on all over the
00:49:17 --> 00:49:20 country all over the world actually
00:49:20 --> 00:49:24 there were some people I saw in other countries celebrating as well.
00:49:25 --> 00:49:32 I watched the thing they do down at the Modern Maturity Center every year.
00:49:32 --> 00:49:33 It was a nice celebration.
00:49:33 --> 00:49:37 Got a chance to watch Lisa Blunt Rochester speak and everything.
00:49:37 --> 00:49:41 I said that to you, but I guess you didn't see it, did you? No, I didn't.
00:49:42 --> 00:49:48 But I got a question for you in reference to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
00:49:49 --> 00:49:57 If he was alive today, what would you What would he say in your estimation or your thoughts?
00:49:57 --> 00:50:02 What would he say positive and what would he say negative about the state of
00:50:02 --> 00:50:05 our country today in your estimation?
00:50:05 --> 00:50:13 So I think what he would say negative would be a lot about us not being unified
00:50:13 --> 00:50:19 on some common issues of race and civil rights and education.
00:50:19 --> 00:50:24 And I think if he were to say something positive about.
00:50:27 --> 00:50:30 I'm not even sure too much what he could say positive.
00:50:31 --> 00:50:34 But, I mean, if you were to say something positive in general,
00:50:34 --> 00:50:38 I think it would just be a message of hope and a message that,
00:50:38 --> 00:50:43 you know, it's not too late. We can still come together and we can still solve a lot of these issues.
00:50:44 --> 00:50:51 Okay. All right. Not bad. Not bad. Not bad. Yeah, you're welcome. You're welcome.
00:50:52 --> 00:50:58 My answer to that question, I'm going to take the negative part first I'm sure
00:50:58 --> 00:51:03 that he would have a problem With everything that's going on With race relations
00:51:03 --> 00:51:09 Today It's not as bad as it was during his time With the outright,
00:51:10 --> 00:51:19 Blatant Acts that were Done towards People of color back then But now with all
00:51:19 --> 00:51:27 the Narcissism That comes from the leadership right from the top of the chain of command,
00:51:27 --> 00:51:30 which is our president on down,
00:51:31 --> 00:51:37 I'm sure he would have an issue with everything going on with race relations
00:51:37 --> 00:51:42 and gender issues and equality.
00:51:42 --> 00:51:45 I'm sure he would just have a problem with everything right now.
00:51:47 --> 00:51:57 As far as positive, I think he would have a great respect for technology and
00:51:57 --> 00:52:04 what could be done with it in order to reach as many people at one time as possible.
00:52:05 --> 00:52:14 Think about him going from place to place to speak to the throngs of people
00:52:14 --> 00:52:20 that he spoke to where he can sit in the office and speak to all of those people at one time,
00:52:20 --> 00:52:26 you know, as opposed to having to travel to places that weren't necessarily
00:52:26 --> 00:52:29 great places for him to go to at that time,
00:52:29 --> 00:52:36 you know, and the possibility of having someone do exactly what they eventually ended up doing,
00:52:37 --> 00:52:40 which was taking him out and killing him.
00:52:41 --> 00:52:47 So I think he would find the technology and advancements in technology something very positive.
00:52:48 --> 00:52:55 And it's not just, you know, it's not just them that are leading the way,
00:52:55 --> 00:52:57 that we have a lot of, you know,
00:52:58 --> 00:53:04 people that look like us leading the way as far as technology is concerned nowadays as well.
00:53:04 --> 00:53:06 So I think that would be a positive for him.
00:53:07 --> 00:53:11 Okay. Those are the things I'm thinking that he would like. Okay.
00:53:11 --> 00:53:14 And dislike, okay? That's all right. That's all right.
00:53:15 --> 00:53:19 Okay. Well, thank you. Yeah, that's all right. Thank you, sir. You're welcome.
00:53:22 --> 00:53:27 Anyway, he's such a hater, folks. He really is. Anyway, well,
00:53:27 --> 00:53:31 that is our show for today.
00:53:31 --> 00:53:36 We really appreciate each and every one of you taking the time to listen to us.
00:53:37 --> 00:53:39 Anything you want to add before we start off, sir?
00:53:40 --> 00:53:45 No I just want to there's a lot going on in the news these days and you know
00:53:45 --> 00:53:48 just kind of keep your head up and you know,
00:53:49 --> 00:53:54 keep making the good fight on a daily basis yeah folks please keep your head
00:53:54 --> 00:53:58 on a swivel pay attention to everything that's going on,
00:53:58 --> 00:54:05 because we need to stay woke we really do with that being said we thank you
00:54:05 --> 00:54:07 for taking the time to listen to our show this week.
00:54:23 --> 00:54:28 Tune in next week, ladies and gentlemen, for another edition of News and Trends
00:54:28 --> 00:54:30 with your hosts, Dave and Lynn.